Educator
Former Dean of Academics, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
Former U.S. Ambassador to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Lauren Moriarty serves on non-profit boards related to international affairs and education. A former dean and diplomat, she was on The Asia Foundation’s Board of Trustees from 2014 to 2022 and rejoined the board in 2023. Other board service includes the State of Hawai’i Board of Education. From 2010 to 2013, Moriarty was Dean of Academics at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, a U.S. Department of Defense educational institution and premier center for exchanges among Asia-Pacific security practitioners. Prior to that, she was a career U.S. diplomat for almost three decades, working primarily on international trade, finance, and development issues. Moriarty was a U.S. Senior Official to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation with the rank of Ambassador (2003 to 2005) and the State Department’s deputy assistant secretary-level coordinator for economic issues in the Asia-Pacific region. She led the Economic Sections at the U.S. Embassy in China and the American Institute in Taiwan and served as deputy head of the American Institute in Taiwan. Moriarty lived and worked for twelve years in East and Southeast Asia and seven years in South Asia. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Hawai’i, a master’s degree in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, and a master’s degree in Teaching from Chaminade University of Honolulu.